Unsan Line
{{Short description|Railway line in North Korea}}
{{for|the standard gauge line|Ŭnsan Line}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Unsan Line
| other_name =
| native_name = 운산선 (雲山線)
| native_name_lang = ko
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| type = Heavy rail, Passenger & freight rail
Regional rail
| system =
| status = Closed
| locale = North P'yŏngan
| start = Puksinhyŏn
| end = Samsan
| stations = 7
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| daily_ridership =
| open = 1970s
| close = 1990s
| owner = Korean State Railway
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| linelength = {{convert|45|km|abbr=on}} (est.)
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| tracks = Single track
| gauge = {{Track gauge|762mm|allk=on}}
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| map = 300px
{{routemap
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WASSERq\WASSERq\WABZq+l\exhKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WCONTfq\~~ ~~ ~~Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River
\\WASSER\exSTR\\\\\~~ ~~ ~~(bridge appx {{convert|360|m|ft|abbr=on}})
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\\\exSTR\WASSER\\\\
\\\exTUNNEL1\WASSER\\\\
\\\exHST\WASSER\\\\exWORKS~~~6.5~~Rohyŏn~~ ~~Closed
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\\\exhSTRae\WASSER\\\\
\\WASSER+l\exhKRZWae\WASSERr\\\\
\\WASSER\exHST\\\\\~~~14.5~~Sangsŏ~~ ~~Closed
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\WASSER\\exSTR\\\\\
\WABZgl\WASSERq\exhKRZWae\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\
\WASSER\\exSTR\\\\\
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\WABZgl\WASSERq\exhKRZWa\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\
RP1q\RP2oWq!~RP1q\RP1q\exhSKRZ-G2e\RP1q\RP1q\RP1q\RP1q\
\WASSER\\exHST\\\\\~~~22.0~~Undaesan~~ ~~Closed
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\\WASSERl\exhKRZWae\WABZq+r\WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\
\\\exBHF\WASSER\\\\~~~28.0~~P'yŏngbuk Unsan~~ ~~Closed
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WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\exhKRZWae\WABZgr\\\\
WASSERq\WASSERq\WASSERq\exhKRZWae\WABZgr\\\\~~ ~~ ~~P'ongyangch'ŏn
\\\exHST\WASSER\\\\~~~36.0~~Pangŏ~~ ~~Closed
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\\\exSTR\WASSER\\\\
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\\WASSER+l\exhKRZWae\WASSERr\\\\~~ ~~ ~~Kuryŏng River
\\WASSER\exKHSTe\\\\\~~~45.0~~Samsan~~ ~~Closed
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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|
hangul=운산선|
hanja={{linktext|雲|山|線}}|
mr=Unsan-sŏn|
rr=Unsan-seon|
}}
The Unsan Line is a former non-electrified narrow gauge line of the Korean State Railway in North P'yŏngan Province, North Korea, running from Puksinhyŏl-li, Hyangsan County on the Manp'o Line to Samsal-ri, Unsan County.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}}
History
The Unsan Line was originally opened by the Korean State Railway in the 1970s;Choe, Un-sik, 한국의 전통 사회 운송 기구, {{ISBN|978-89-7300-728-8}} it was closed some time in the 1990s.
Trains on the line were pulled by Czechoslovakian-built 400 series 0-6-0T steam tank locomotives.Huxtable, Nils, and Ziel, Ron, Steam Beneath the Red Star p 194, Amereon House, 1995, {{ISBN|0-8488-0929-7}}
By December 2003, there was little that remained of the line, with only the bridge abutments leaving Puksinhyon station being visible and no buildings or locomotives seen.{{Cite web|title=North Korea December 2003|url=http://www.farrail.net/pages/trip-reports-engl/trip-report_nk-dec-2003.html|url-access=registration|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008021321/http://www.farrail.net/pages/trip-reports-engl/trip-report_nk-dec-2003.html|archive-date=2006-10-08}}
Routes
A yellow background in the "Distance" box indicates that section of the line is not electrified; a pink background indicates that section is {{RailGauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} narrow gauge; an orange background indicates that section is non-electrified narrow gauge.
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| colspan="2" | Distance (km) | colspan="2" | Station Name | colspan="2" | Former Name | ||||
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| Total | S2S | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Transcribed | Chosŏn'gŭl (Hanja) | Connections |
| bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | Puksinhyŏn | 북신현 (北薪峴) | | | ||||||
| bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | Rohyŏn | 로현 (蘆峴) | | | Distance estimated. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | Sangsŏ | 상서 (上西) | | | Distance estimated. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | Undaesan | 운대산 (雲台山) | | | Distance estimated. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | P'yŏngbuk Unsan | 평북운산 (平北雲山) | | | Distance estimated. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | Pang'ŏ | 방어 (防禦) | | | Distance estimated. | ||||||
| bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | bgcolor=#FE9A2E| | Samsan | 삼산 (三山) | | | Distance estimated. |